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Eagles and Chinese labor release new album

Gee Don Henley, wasn’t being a hack good enough? Now ya gotta be a whore too?

Eagles travel down ‘Long Road’ with Wal-Mart

The Eagles release their first new studio album in 28 years today. “Long Road out of Eden” is a dream come true for longtime fans of the ’70s country-rock superstars.

But there’s a catch. “Eden” is only available at Wal-Mart, where the two-disc, 20-song set is selling for the low, low price of $11.88.

Not so long ago Henley himself came down hard on Wal-Mart, the United States’ top music retailer.

“Independent music stores are closing at an unprecedented pace,” he wrote in a 2004 Washington Post op-ed piece. “Today the three largest music retailers are Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Target. In those stores shelf space is limited, making it harder for new artists to emerge.”

But now Henley has a peaceful, easy feeling about the superchain.

“You would have thought we made a deal with the devil,” he told Billboard. “Wal-Mart is getting their environmental and labor act together. They can’t be any more evil than a major record label, that’s the way I look at it.”</em>

No, you’re looking at the ceiling, mentally counting the money while some Chinese kid pumps away atop you. You worthless hack. Maybe you should read this.


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